Conveyer.



M. H INEY', GONVEYBR.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 22, 1908.

PATENTED SEPT. 8, 1908.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

IN VEN TOR No. 898.408 PATENT'ED SEPT. s, 1908.

- W. HEINEY, I

CONVEYER; APPLICATION FILED JAN. 22, 190B.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2,

WILLIAM MONROE IIEINEY, OF HUNTINGTON, INDIANA.

GONVEYER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 8, 198%.

Application filed January 22, 1908. Serial No. 2,128.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM M. HEINEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Huntington, in the county of Huntington and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Conveyors; and I do herob declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the in- Vention, such as will enable others skilled in is held.

the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this s ecification.

This invention re ates to new and useful improvements in delivery apparatus for wa ons, elevators, etc., and coin rises an en less carrier upon which rece )tac es adapted to contain certain cominocities may be detachably held, and comprises various details of construction, combinations and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and then specifically defined in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention as applied to a delivery wagon. Fig. 2 is a detail View showing the ap lication of the invention to an elevator. ig. 3 is an edge View of the form shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail view of one of the detachable links by which the bucket or receptacle Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of one of the links. Fig. 6 is a top view of the u"- er section of the pivotal link hinged to tie -ower one. Fig. 7 is a view showing one or" the link sections 0 mix, and Figs. 8 and 9 are detail end views 0 the link.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, T designates a delivery wagon, and A and A are tracks, the ends of which are' curved and overlap each other portions of their-length. An endless chain carrier, designated by letter A, is mounted to travel upon the outer curved portion of one of said tracks and, at intervals in said endless carrier chain, are the links made 11 of two sections, designated respectively by etters A and A Gne of said links A has ahook C at one end and its opposite end is provided with a loop or strap C whereb the link'section;A may be connected to t e links of the endless chain carrier. The section A is piv otally mounted upon a'pivot H carried. by the section A and carries anti-friction rollers A adapted to contact with the curved por-- tion of the track A, and rollers A are mount ed upon the section A of the link, which are ada ted to eng'a e the curved portion of the trac A". The Iink sections A and A each. is provided with a scmicircular outline recess B which, when the sections are brought together, as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings, make a circular outline openin for the recep tion of pintles (1 upon the ends of the receptacles 1), whereby the latter may be held horizontally as they move with the carrier.

Mounted in the bottom of the section A is a s ring S held in place by means of a pivot S, s iown clearly in Fig. 5 of the drawings, said s ring normally bearing yieldingly against the under edge of the pivotal end of the section A as shown clearly in Fig. 4 of the drawings, whereby the sections may be nor mally held together.

In Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings, I have shown the a plication of my invention to buckets O of an elevator, in which the rod 0, shown in Fig. 2 of the draw ngs, is held by the sectional link to the carrier chain in the same manner as hereinbefore described.

From the foregoing, it will be noted that, by the provision of an apparatus as shown and described, a simple and eilicient apparatus is ailorded whereby a receptacle may be carried upon an endless conveyerand may be easily and quickly removed and replaced when desired to do so.\

What I claim to belnew is:

1. In combination with a chain carrier, sectional links pivoted together and connected to the links of the carrier, a spring designed to normally hold the free ends of the sections together to form a bearing for the pintle of a conveyor receptacle, as set forth.

2. In combination with fixed tracks ham ing curved ends, an'endless chain carrier, sectional links pivoted together and cor=- nected to the links of said endless carrier, each of said sectional links hnvingja recessed portion forming a bearin, a SPIIDO' fixed to one of said sections ,an adapte to bear yieldingly against the other section of the link, thereby holding the free ends of the sections together, as set forth.

3. In combination with tracks having Jill curved portions overiappingeaoh other and the curved portions of said tracks, as set spaced apart, an endless chain carrier movforth.

ing about the curved portions of the inner Y 1 track, pivotal sectional links in said carrier LLIAM MON ROE adapted to form bea'rin members for a re- Witnesses:

ceptacle, anti-friction r0 lers carried by said JAMES F. KI8ER,

sectional links and. designed to bear against ROBERT SOMERS. 

